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This guide will take you through the installation of the Quick release PSU cable on the Original Prusa Enclosure.
This addon is not compatible with the Original Prusa MK4.
This add-on is not compatible with the silver PSU.
Buy a compatible black PSU from our E-shop.
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G Kidson-Petlem
It would be really helpful if we had a brief statement on each of the mods which says which printer/s which enclosure, which mods are compatible with each other, and MOST IMPORTANT what the advantage of each mod is!   It would have been even more useful to have them all as options at purchase, and instructions of how to build the printer, enclosure and mods as one assembly, so that parts do not have to be removed to fit them afterwards.
darksatan
I too made the mistake of buying and assembling a MK 4 plus the enclosure and I am waiting for the MMU-3 atm. The issue is that with the Quick release there is no provision for a ground and the power panic cable is too short. I have removed the quick release to use the unit safely. Hope prusa will send me the appropiate quick release to properly complete my order. I would also like to add that I am very happy with the overall purchase.
Kyle Anderson
Ouch, bought the black PSU to replace my silver PSU just so I could use this feature, and now its not even supported for the MK4, what gives Prusa? 
Shane, Prusa Product department

we are working on an update for the enclosure for the MK4 and should be released soon, but unfortuantely I do not have a ETA for you. 

vinzcenzo
Why did it take so much time? In terms of engineering modifications, it doesn't seem worth it; it's just a matter of putting the cable into the correct connector (you have the cable, you have the connectors). The MK4 still has 4 PSU wires and 2 panic wires. Could you provide references for the connectors so that we can build it by ourselves?
ljhms
After reading through the MK3S to MK4 upgrade guide, I believe it is because the MK4 has one more wire: The yellow green grounding wire. There isn't room for it on the quick release connector. But I can't see any other reason preventing use of this for the MK4. If you want to try, you'd have to loop the grounding wire through to the outside of the enclosure some other way. To avoid having to disconnect it from the PSU every time you want to remove the printer (thus ruining the point of quick-connect) you might be able to make do with the scew-and-nut extension between two ground wires as described in the MK3S-to-MK4 instructions for the silver PSU. It's not as quick as a single connector, but I'd rather have my grounding wires secured firmly with hardware than mcguyvering some flimsier extension. (I'm sure there is a proper quick but safe crimp connector for single wires that is suitable for ground, but I'm not the right person to figure that out.) Though maybe the power panic connector is different too? You could of course crimp the right pins onto the new power panic cable and re-pin the printer-side connector to fix that. Dunno what connector type this is, though. Note: Don't take any of this as advice and do not attempt it if you don't know what you're doing. These connections are important for safety, so it's essential that they can't break without your knowledge because you won't notice before it's too late. EDIT: You can now ignore all my ill-gotten advice since there is a proper MK4-model quick release cable available.
Bruce Brown
Is there a mod for the MK4 available by chance?  I didn't realize this was not compatible before buying.
Vojta Zeman

Hello. We are currently working on a separate cable for MK4. The cable for MK3S+ cannot be used.

Schlitziger
Is it just becouse of the Power Panic connector? (Its a different connector on the MK4)
Jonnie Cache
I am disappointed to learn here, as I'm reading the assembly instructions to begin assembly, that the add-on is not compatible with the silver PSU. I should have read the shop's product description more closely, but I do feel it could be more clear. It it not intuitive to me that such an add-on would work only with the black PSU, mostly because I didn't even know that there were different power supplies (black vs silver). I think that some people could also conclude that the only difference between the two power supplies is the color and are in all other ways the same.